Around 6:15 p.m. an employee at Aero Metals in LaPorte, Indiana witnessed a man drive away in his 2002 black Monte Carlo while it was warming up.

Police were alerted about the stolen vehicle and a deputy spotted it moments later and attempted to pull the driver over. The suspect led deputies on a chase into a rural area of LaPorte County. Authorities disabled the vehicle with stop sticks and arrested the driver.

Deputies say Michael Elliot identified himself to officers. He alsoreportedly stole four vehicles; a Jeep in Ionia, Mich. and vehicles in Shipshewana, Elkhart, and LaPorte, Indiana. He was reportedly still in possession of a hammer and box cutter, which he used in his escape in Michigan.

Elliott was booked in the LaPorte County Jail and is being held without bond.---------------

Elliot escaped from the Ionia County Correctional facility Sunday night. He carjacked a vehicle and the female driver, heading south to Middlebury Indiana. The woman escaped and called 911 but Elliot managed to get away.

We have a crew headed to the LaPorte County Sheriff's Department and we will have more information as it becomes available.